A Hamilton hospital says another patient and two health-care workers have the coronavirus after undergoing testing in a palliative care unit that declared an outbreak on Monday.
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) says it closed it’s 3 West and 3 East palliative care units at St. Peter’s hospital after a patient tested positive for the virus on Monday.
The hospital said in a statement on Thursday that all other patients have tested negative in the unit and it remains closed to new admissions while it’s thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
All other units of the hospital remain open. HHS declared the initial outbreak at the inpatient unit after a patient tested positive for the virus Monday.